Books and Authors Podcast
This podcast features Open Book and A Good Read. Open Book talks to authors about their work. In A Good Read Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite books.
Episodes to download
-
![]()
A Good Read 27 October 2015
Fri 23 Oct 2015
Philip Pullman & Caroline Criado-Perez talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
-
![]()
Open Book - Adam Sisman on his biography of John Le Carre
Fri 23 Oct 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Adam Sisman about his biography of John Le Carre
-
![]()
Open Book - Jonathan Lee on High Dive
Fri 16 Oct 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Jonathan Lee about his new novel High Dive
-
![]()
A Good Read 13 October 2015
Wed 14 Oct 2015
David Morrissey and Julia Blackburn join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
-
![]()
Open Book - Andrew Michael Hurley and British Gothic
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Andrew Hurley about The Loney
-
![]()
A Good Read 6 October 2015
Tue 6 Oct 2015
Green MP Caroline Lucas and columnist Rod Liddle debate books with Harriett Gilbert.
-
![]()
Open Book - Orhan Pamuk on A Strangeness in my Mind
Fri 25 Sep 2015
Open Book - Mariella Frostrup talks to Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk
-
![]()
A Good Read 27 July 2015
Wed 23 Sep 2015
Miriam Margolyes and Mark Haddon talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
-
![]()
Open Book - Bill Clegg on Did You Ever Have a Family?
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to literary agent turned author Bill Clegg
-
![]()
Open Book - John Banville on The Blue Guitar
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Open Book with Mariella Frostrup - John Banville on The Blue Guitar
-
![]()
Bookclub: David Nicholls talks about his novel One Day
Fri 4 Sep 2015
David Nicholls talks about his novel One Day
-
![]()
Open Book Special - Pat Barker
Mon 24 Aug 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Pat Barker about her life, work and her new novel Noonday.
-
![]()
-
![]()
Open Book - Leila Aboulela
Fri 14 Aug 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Leila Aboulela about her new novel The Kindness of Enemies.
-
![]()
Open Book Special: Why We Read
Mon 10 Aug 2015
Mariella Frostrop and guests discuss why we love to read
-
![]()
Open Book - Petina Gappah
Fri 7 Aug 2015
Open Book - Mariella Frostrup talks to Petina Gappah about The Book of Memory
-
![]()
Open Book - Virginia Baily and Jacqueline Wilson
Fri 24 Jul 2015
Open Book - Virginia Baily on Early One Morning; Jacqueline Wilson on Katy
-
![]()
Open Book - Judy Blume
Fri 17 Jul 2015
Judy Blume talks about her new book for adults, In The Unlikely Event.
-
![]()
A Good Read 21 July 2015
Tue 14 Jul 2015
Sue Blackmore and Adam Hart-Davis join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
-
![]()
Open Book - Sean Michaels; Rachel Johnson and Michelle Miller
Fri 10 Jul 2015
Novelist Sean Michaels on Us Conductors, the story of the inventor of the theremin.
-
![]()
A Good Read 7 July 2015
Wed 8 Jul 2015
Comedian Julian Clary and former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis talk favourite books
-
![]()
Open Book - Benjamin Markovits; Milan Kundera; Mario Vargas Llosa; Harper Lee
Fri 26 Jun 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Benjamin Markovits; reading Milan Kundera and Harper Lee.
-
![]()
A Good Read 30 June 2015
Thu 25 Jun 2015
Jon Richardson and Emma Kennedy recommend favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
-
![]()
A Good Read 23 June 2015
Tue 23 Jun 2015
Harriett Gilbert talks to Stephen K Amos and Anneka Rice about their favourite books.
-
![]()
-
![]()
A Good Read Miranda Sawyer & Tom Robinson 9 June
Thu 18 Jun 2015
Miranda Sawyer and Tom Robinson talk about the books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
-
![]()
A Good Read Helen Baxendale & Helen Cross 16 June 2015
Tue 16 Jun 2015
Helen Baxendale and Helen Cross join Harriett Gilbert to recommend favourite books.
-
![]()
Laura Barnett on Open Book with Mariella Frostrup
Fri 12 Jun 2015
Laura Barnett on her debut novel The Versions of Us
-
![]()
Ryan Gattis on his new novel All Involved
Sun 24 May 2015
Ryan Gattis talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel All Involved, a fictional...
-
![]()
Open Book: Julian Barnes on Keeping An Eye Open
Sun 17 May 2015
Man Booker prize winner Julian Barnes discusses his new book, Keeping An Eye Open: on...
Books
Celebrating reading and the 100 novels that have shaped our world.
How many of these 100 Novels have you read?
After a passionate debate, our panel has come up with this surprising literary selection.
Opening Lines
John Yorke unpacks the themes behind the stories in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.
Finding Your Story
Ten remarkable novels about identity: Which one will help you discover yourself?
